Finding the Right Scent: Essential Oils and the Zodiac

There’s an essential oil for basically everything these days. Essential oils are a wonderful tool to use for a variety of issues you might be having. If you have difficulty sleeping, breathing, need to relax, have anxiety, or suffer from another ailment, essential oils can be one way to soothe your body and mind.

Each essential oil has its own uses, and we each have our own personalities that interact with these oils. Each sign under the zodiac has different characteristics, so different essential oils might be more beneficial to some signs versus others.

Here is a quick guide to essential oils based on your zodiac sign.

Aries: Peppermint and ginger scents are good for those moments when life’s challenges are overwhelming you. You may have gotten used to a certain level of stress over the past few months, but your body is getting tired. For the moments you want to encourage feelings of confidence, sexiness, and joy, try neroli oil.

Taurus: Your personal peace might be disrupted, in which case scents like eucalyptus, chamomile, peppermint, and lavender will be soothing and calming to you. When the weather turns cooler, invite in warmth and comfort with oils like jasmine, rose, and sandalwood.

Gemini: For Geminis seeking balance, essential oils can help you cope with nerves, unknowns, and confusion. Myrrh can be a soothing end to the day, and energy and focus can be promoted with bergamot, cinnamon, and grapefruit essential oils.

Cancer: When handling a lot of stress, be sure you find time to decompress with chamomile and frankincense oils. For those moments when you want to reconnect with someone special in your life, try jasmine or ylang ylang.

Leo: Leos love to bask in the sun, so warm scents that bring back good memories are great for your personality type. You’ll be encouraged by scents of roses, saffron, sandalwood, and vetiver. During stressful times, embrace eucalyptus, camphor, tea tree, and rosemary.

Virgo: You use your brain to get things done, and you are very organized. In order to keep that focus, choose essential oils like peppermint, rosemary, verbena, and basil. You can achieve balance and relaxation with sandalwood and patchouli scents.

Libra: Libras can gain confidence in interpersonal relationships through the use of rosewood, cedarwood, and black pepper scents. You can grow your confidence in love by using cardamom, frankincense, cedarwood, and marjoram essential oils.

Scorpio: Calm your energy-loving ways with sandalwood and clary sage, and elemi and benzoin for introspection. Facilitate changes in your love life through palmarosa, rosewood, lavender, and angelica oils.

Capricorn: Facilitate personal healing and growth through the use of hyacinth, cedarwood, sandalwood, and helichrysum oils. After conflict, treat yourself with benzoin, bergamot, clary sage, or chamomile.

Aquarius: Embrace future successes and increase blood circulation with neroli and petitgrain essential oils. Build confidence with ylang ylang and clary sage, and utilize mandarin, lemon, and juniper scents to help you adapt to the needs of other people.

Pisces: to root yourself firmly to the ground, use the essential oils rosemary, peppermint, and cedarwood. Be inspired by the scents of nymphaea, blue lotus, and spikenard. If you seek comfort, bask in the depth of cedarwood, rose, sweet orange, and juniper scents.